In my opinion, governments SHOULD be allowed to censor media content. No matter how much freedom we want, we can't deny that certain materials are just not suitable to be viewed by all. Children should not be viewing programmes with explicit scenes simply because they are not mature enough to say that "This is fiction, I cannot do this and it's only for entertainment." Children are curious by nature, imagine showing them something suggestive like a violent fight scene involving gangs and knives and the next thing you know, they're experimenting on themselves.

Yes, curiosity is not a bad thing, but at the time when their minds are open to all kinds of possibility they won't be able to stop themselves from trying out what they see on tv.

One more thing. Parents may be the ones who know better than to let their kids watch inappropriate stuff, but not all parents are around their kids all day long, making sure they do not learn anything stupid on tv. We as adults may be able to restrain ourselves, but the younger ones are slowly learning, so the government no doubt has to step in and take action.

Irene//Hufflepuff